Bluesmen's World(Music)

Music, for a play but complete enough on its own, telling the life story of fictional Provençal character Maurin, by Provençal sax/flute player Montanaro using classical, renaissance and various traditional European influences, featuring a Slovak Chamber Orchestra and, somewhat dinner-jacketed in this context, Hungarian bands Vujicsics and Ghymes.

Miqueu Montanaro plays many instruments: alto saxophone, accordion, varoius flutes and others curiosities. The instrument speaks the language Montanaro taught it : jazz, music from east of Europe and improvised music.

01. Maurin des Maures
02. Mauresca
03. Parlo sourlet
04. Lei bofets
05. Lo fuoc
06. Bomians e Carboniers
07. Lei - Chivaus Frus -
08. Les gendarmes
09. Scotisch de l'auberge
10. La sirene et le faune
11. Romance
12. Maurin des Maures (Reprise)
13. Lo Manteu de Sant Martin
14. Dins l'auberga
15. La bravade
16. Fanfarnette
17. Mauresca
18. La chanson de Maurin
19. La mort de Maurin

Miquéu Montanaro : flutes, saxophone, galoubet-tambourin, accordion

Vujicsics Ensemble:
Eredics Gábor - accordéon, tambura, percussion,
Eredics Kálmán - contrabasse, derbouka
Brczán Miroszláv - cello tambura,
Szendrődi Ferenc - bratsch, tambura
Győri Károly : tambura solo,
Borbély Mihály - clarinette, saxo soprano

Ghymes:
Szarka Tamás - violon, koboz,
Szarka Gyula - contrebasse
Behr László - cymbalum, percussion,
Nagy Mihály - clarinette, tambour
Buják Andor - clarinette, bratsch (alto)

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Big thanks Frankie for the CD!

"Composer-musician M. Montanaro, with Vents d'Est, rewrites the geographical map of Europe with jazz and folk music, Czech, Slovak, Serb, Hungarian or French violins and harmonies are laced sometimes with swing sometimes with sacred music."

01. Deux villages
02. In tambourin virtuositas - Galobet lucet omnibus
03. Pikria
04. Giro ergo sum - Passa carriera - Solo
05. Coquelicots
06. Persana
07. Andalousia
08. La peur
09. Maraghna
10. Estampie - Pastorela
11. Horo na gore

Musicians:
Miqueu Montanaro - galube, tamburine, flutes

With
GHYMES:
Szarka Tamás - violin
Buják Andor - clarinet, viola
Buják Krisztián - clarinet
Szarka Gyula - double bass
Pukkai Attila - cimbalom

VUJICSICS:
Borbély Mihály - clarinet, saxophone
Horváth Zoltán - tambura
Béhr László - cimbalom
Eredics Gábor - accordion, tambura
Szendrodi Ferenc - tambura
Eredics Kálmán - double bass

Voice:
Hayet Ayad (1,10.)
Carlo Rizzo (2.)
Nena Venetsanou (3,8,11.)
Sara Alexander (5,11.)
Samia Bechikh (7.)

Guests:
Carlo Rizzo-tamburello
Serge Pesce-guitare
Fabrice Gaude-batterie
Dominique Regef-violle o roue
Keyvan Chemirani-zard
Sara Alaxander-accordeon

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Big thanks Frankie for the CD!

So many excellente musicians on one recording! "Composer-musician M. Montanaro, with Vents d'Est, rewrites the geographical map of Europe with jazz and folk music, Czech, Slovak, Serb, Hungarian or French violins and harmonies are laced sometimes with swing sometimes with sacred music."

01. Orient express
02. Várom
03. Marina
04. Cancon d'amor
05. Jeux d'enfants
06. Turca
07. Rotroenge
08. L'erba d'ongria
09 Migrations

Musicians:
Miqueu Montanaro - galube, tamburine, flutes

With

GHYMES:
Szarka Tamás - violin
Buják Andor - clarinet, viola
Buják Krisztián - clarinet
Szarka Gyula - double bass
Pukkai Attila - cimbalom

VUJICSICS:
Borbély Mihály - clarinet, saxophone
Horváth Zoltán - tambura
Béhr László - cimbalom
Eredics Gábor - accordion, tambura
Szendrődi Ferenc - tambura
Eredics Kálmán - double bass

Guests:
Écsi Gyöngyi- vocal

Serge Viallat - piano
Ökrös Csaba - violin
Alan Vitous - percussions
Kobzos Kiss Tamás - vocal
Viliam Mesko, Rudolf Cikatricis- fujara

Choir:
Galambos Edit, Mózes Katalin, Polák Ildikó, Pócs Erzsébet, Urbán Valéria, Szatmáry Zsuzsa, Zábreczky Tímea

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Big thanks for Frankie for the CD!

So many excellente musicians on one recording! "Composer-musician M. Montanaro, with Vents d'Est, rewrites the geographical map of Europe with jazz and folk music, Czech, Slovak, Serb, Hungarian or French violins and harmonies are laced sometimes with swing sometimes with sacred music."

01. Lei messorgas
02. La promiera flor
03. Nous sommes deux - Georges Moustaki
04. Nakrise - Dyaa Zniber
05. Barka
06. B'net
07. Le blues de celui qui reste - Arthur H.
08. Orientala
09. Torni
10. D'ouu reviens-tu?
11. Voyageurs encore
12. Voyageurs encore
13. Tarantela
14. Ora sorna
15. Lé moyé
16. Viatge
17. Ungaresca III
18. Sosztar

With:
Écsi Gyöngyi, Dyaa Zniber, Amadou Sanfo, Romano Drom, Serge Pesce, Fabrice Gaudé, Baltazar Montanaro, Arthur H., Georges Moustaki

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Vents D'est is a collaboration between the ensembles Ghymes and Vujicsics and is led by French musician Michel Montanero. On this release they are also joined by Corou De Berra.
"So many excellent musicians on one recording! “Composer-musician M. Montanaro, with Vents d’Est, rewrites the geographical map of Europe with jazz and folk music, Czech, Slovak, Serb, Hungarian or French violins and harmonies are laced sometimes with swing sometimes with sacred music."

1. a) Maureasca
b) Tarasco
2. a) Lo Senher
b) Agamemnon
3. a) Quando L'Amore
b) Le Feu
4. a) Bravade
b) Lei Bofets
c) Caramentran
d) Adieu Paure Carneval
e) Farandola
5. Un Pont Sur La Mer' Khass'
6. a) Solo
b) Malinconica Rossa
7. a) Milena
b) Chanson De La Mer
c) Milena

Musicians:
Miqueu Montanaro - galube, tamburine, flutes

With
GHYMES:
Szarka Tamás - violin
Buják Andor - clarinet, viola
Buják Krisztián - clarinet
Szarka Gyula - double bass
Pukkai Attila - cimbalom

VUJICSICS:
Borbély Mihály - clarinet, saxophone
Horváth Zoltán - tambura
Béhr László - cimbalom
Eredics Gábor - accordion, tambura
Szendrodi Ferenc - tambura
Eredics Kálmán - double bass

COROU DE BERRA:
Michel Bianco - direction
Françoise Marchetti, Alba Spéra, Nadine Giordano, Michel Bianco, Primo Francoia,Clovis Princivalle - choristes

Guests:
Pedro Aledo - guitar, vocal
Fabrice Gaudé - percussions
Mathieu Luzi - zither, vocal
Serge Pesce - guitar
Carlo Rizzo - percussions, vocal
Christina Vodraska - piano
Sara Alexander, Gulseren Yildirim, Sonia Benchikh, Hayet Ayad, Carlo Rizzo, Georges Moustaki, Nena Venetsanou, Renat Sette, Samia & Hakima Benchikh - vocal

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Vents D'est is a collaboration between the ensembles Ghymes and Vujicsics and is led by French musician Michel Montanero.
So many excellent musicians on one recording! Composer-musician M. Montanaro, with Vents d’Est, rewrites the geographical map of Europe with jazz and folk music, Czech, Slovak, Serb, Hungarian or French violins and harmonies are laced sometimes with swing sometimes with sacred music.

01. Dansa De L'Ors
02. Lettre Ouverte
03. Verdict
04. Arnaut Guilhem
05. Horo Na Gore
06. Viatge Marcha
07. Planh Dei Bomians
08. Dansa
09. Dama Lombarda
10. Leandre & Innocent
11. Prelude
12. Lavida No Tiene Sentido
13. Lamort de Maurin
14. Farandola Rasta
15. La Peur

Musicians:
Szarka Tamás - violin
Ökrös Csaba - violin
Borbély Mihály - clarinet, saxophone
Horváth Zoltán - tambura, cselló-tambura
Buják Andor - viola, clarinet
Béhr László - cimbalom
Eredics Gábor - accordion, tambura
Buják Krisztián - clarinet
Szendrődi Ferenc - tambura
Eredics Kálmán - double bass
Szarka Gyula - double bass
Aledo Pedro - guitar
Miquéu Montanaro - galube, tamburin, flutes
Gulserem Yildrim - voice
Pedro Aledo - voice
René Sette - voice

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"We released Rege in both Hungary and Slovakia in 1998. I think that every reader would have to listen to it because it is difficult to characterise, so every reader should judge for themselves... ...Bernadett's appearance on the album, who is from the south of Hungary, because we had seen her win a competition for folk music vocalists on TV. Since then, she has appeared on our last two albums. In my opinion she has a very interesting voice, which is exactly what we need... I like the voice of Márta Sebestyén very much. Bernadett's voice is different, but for me, as good as Marta's. We instantly felt that Tánc a hóban [Dance in the Snow - on which Bernadett appears] would be the "hit" off Rege. We are very glad that this slow romantic song did become very popular."

"This world music album from the Ghymes Group will most probably raise the number of their already large group of fans. The black cover hides a colorful musical material that adjusts the Central-European folk traditions to the musical tendencies of the world. The “Dance in the snow” by Tamás Szarka to be found on the album is a beautiful folk-rock composition."

01. Rege
02. Bazsarózsa
03. "33"
04. Jézus ágyán
05. Azért ne bánkódjál
06. Eskü
07. Bujdosó dal
08. Ej, de igen nagy kár
09. Ne nézz hátra
10. Tánc a hóban
11. Csönd
12. Fennen hordod

Musicians:
Andor Buják - viola, saxophon, double bass, flute, turkish pipe, chorus, saxophon, clarinet, flute
Krisztián Buják - horns, drums, clarinet, saxophon, flute
Gyula Szarka - voice, guitar, lute, double bass, chorus
Tamás Szarka - voice, double bass, lute, guitars, violin, chorus

Guests:
Péter Farnbauer - synthesizer
Bernadett Kiss - voice
Galántai Magyar Tanítási Nyelvu Alapiskola Gyermekkórusa - voice
Kálmán Eredics - tarabuka
Gábor Eredics - accordian
János Lau - percussion

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Ghymes Ensemble was formed in 1984 at Nitra University of Pedagogy in Slovakia. Initially they played Hungarian folk music but are now extending their repertoire to include music originating in other parts of Eastern and Southern Europe.

They have their own unique style which is continually developing. In addition to the traditional instruments played (violin, viola, dulcimer, bagpipes, contrabass, lute, kalabash zither, Turkish pipe), they also incorporate the saxophone, drums and synthesizer.

They say their objective in the music is to find a commonality between different people, races and religions of the world, and this is why they explore and develop the folk music of different countries. As their band member Andor Buják stated 'If the musicians open up their hearts on the stage, the audience can feel it. That's real magic for us.

"Mainly ... we play "Ghymes music" because unfortunately no other group plays this kind of music... It is true that from Tűzugráz we have used more electrical instruments and more drums, but this began already on the previous album, Üzenet [Message]. We will not change drastically, but every time we release a CD we feel we must add something and make it different from earlier albums. I hope we will be able to add something to every album. If not, we will stop playing."

The music is original, it is nostalgic and captures a feeling of ancient roots and a certain rebellious, revolutionary, heroic spirit. The connection with the past, the sense of belonging to the tribe is over-powering ...it is visceral music. Most of it sounds as if it dates back to the medieval and renaissance era. A few tracks sound as they can be traced to the very ancient past, when the Hungarian tribes camped out, after traveling several hundred miles. It seems as if they are recalling their journey of several thousands of miles -- as the pentatonic scaled Hungarian music is played, there are echoes that vibrate way back to Central Asia. The music is haunting and poignant. The lyrics are poetic and starkly beautiful in their simplicity. Much of it, covers the feelings of how the common people may have felt about life, love, hope. There are references to the king, youth, hopes, dreams, and even how human life resembles that of monkeys ... These highly talented musicians express themselves in poetic artistic terms. They expand their musical horizons back to the past with ease and produce astonishing results. Any person of Hungarian ancestry will be captivated by the music. It is even more impressive if one understands the Hungarian lyrics. The themes within the songs and the sound of the traditional musical instruments leave a powerful impact on the listener ...
Track #1: I get the feeling that the ordinary people, the peasants are paying homage to their king, when in their hearts, they just want to live and be free. There is a veiled reference to the king not caring for his dogs, who are bone-bare and have blood-shot eyes. The youth are shouting near the castle, which is left unprotected, without a moat. Essentially, the king is left "naked", he is being threatened, which I interpret as he could be deposed, if living conditions do not improve. The king declares war oblivious to the effect it has on the people. Another evocative song starts out with a chant as if one were hearing a Catholic mass, it sets the feeling and tone for the rest of the piece, which is soul searching and original. One of the most impressive tracks is
#4 "Koldusok" ("Beggars") in which an elderly man, possibly the father, is admonishing his son to not steal, there is a dialogue between the young man and his father that is touching, and heart-wrenching. It reveals the dire circumstances of the beggars who want to live like others, have children, but worry about where their next meal is coming from, in fact the father tells the son, don't spend money on masses for my soul, after I die, buy food, buy sausages instead. The father asks the youth does he not fear he will go to hell. The youth replies, I just want to live ...
Other tracks have strong Balkan rhythms and melodies, possibly with a Turkish influence, played on Hungarian instruments. This whole CD is amazing -- the musicians use bagpipes, saxophone, drums, cimbalom, plus a few other traditional instruments to create moods of nostalgia that remain with the listener, long after the music has stopped playing. This CD receives my highest recommendations.

01. Királyének
02. Kötve vannak szárnyaim
03. Militaris congratulation
04. Koldusok
05. Ifjú szívekben élek
06. Tuzugrás
07. Szerelmes dal
08. Majomország
09. Pozsonyi blues
10. Új esztendõ

Andor Buják - viola, flutes, clarinet, saxophone, bass, voice
Krisztián Buják - bagpipe, clarinet, flute, voice
Gyula Szarka -voice, bass, guitar
Tamás Szarka -voice, violin, guitar, drum, koboz

Guests:
László Hobó Földes - voice
László Béhr - cimbalom, voice
Péter Farnbauer - keyboards
Bernadett Kiss - voice

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